Division Graduate Student Research Competition

Get Recognized.

IFT Divisions will host graduate student research competitions during IFT18. These are poster and oral competitions featuring IFT students who have developed original, compelling research in food science.

Submit Your Research

If you are a current IFT graduate student and would like to be considered for one of the division research competitions, please submit a Technical Research Paper abstract through the IFT17 Call for Proposals online process, and in your submission select “Yes” to wanting to be considered for a division competition.

Please note:

Students graduating before May 31, 2018 are not eligible to compete.

IFT student membership must be maintained through July 30, 2018 in order to be eligible.

Only Technical Research Papers accepted for presentation as either a poster or an ePoster presentation at IFT18 will be considered for one of the division competitions.

Visit theCall for Proposals webpage for full details regarding how to submit your abstract along with competition guidelines. Technical Research Paper Abstracts (printed poster and ePoster abstracts) are due by December 18, 2017.

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